Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Feb 18, 2011 11:20 am We have just ordered our new kitchen cupboards and, while we wait, need to prepare the rest of the kitchen ready for the install. We have removed one wall and mantle which had a lowered ceiling (fridge recess) and so now have about 3 m long section of ceiling misssing. We plan on putting in a bulkhead above the cupboards in this spot. Hubby would like to put it in now, but I am worried that it will make putting the cupboards in difficult. We have the tall pantry cupboards and oven tower going in here and it would not give us much room to maneuver them. Particultarly not knowing how plumb the floor and ceilings are. Is it better to wait until cupboards are in? Or can we build the bulkheads with a centimetre or two to spare and then fill any unsightly gaps? Also, is it best to reinstate the missing ceiling in this spot, and then add the bulkhead independent to this. Or can we just use the bulkhead as the ceiling in this spot so that the inside of the bulkhead is open to the roof space? Hope that makes sense. Cheers K Re: Bulkhead before or after installing cupboards 2Feb 18, 2011 9:14 pm kay-you We have just ordered our new kitchen cupboards and, while we wait, need to prepare the rest of the kitchen ready for the install. We have removed one wall and mantle which had a lowered ceiling (fridge recess) and so now have about 3 m long section of ceiling misssing. We plan on putting in a bulkhead above the cupboards in this spot. Hubby would like to put it in now, but I am worried that it will make putting the cupboards in difficult. We have the tall pantry cupboards and oven tower going in here and it would not give us much room to maneuver them. Particultarly not knowing how plumb the floor and ceilings are. Is it better to wait until cupboards are in? Or can we build the bulkheads with a centimetre or two to spare and then fill any unsightly gaps? Also, is it best to reinstate the missing ceiling in this spot, and then add the bulkhead independent to this. Or can we just use the bulkhead as the ceiling in this spot so that the inside of the bulkhead is open to the roof space? Hope that makes sense. Cheers K Sorry kay-you Don't understand your last paragraph but Yes bulkheads go last otherwise how would you know the exact gap between the ceiling an and top of cupboards. Re: Bulkhead before or after installing cupboards 3Feb 19, 2011 8:17 am This pic shows the bulkheads that were put in after the cupboards went in. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ The cornice has now been put over the timber and once it's all painted it will look the same as the plaster walls. I think you should be replacing the ceiling now and then putting the bulkheads in after the cupboards. Thanks for sharing. Looks good. The joiner has come back with a quote of close to 5k. I think we are going to not do it. Attaching panelling is something they are dead… 11 10125 Hi, Can anyone give me approx. price for overhead cupboards. TIA 0 12013 Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, and I'm looking for some advice regarding my house construction project in North Kellyville. I… 0 4697 |